He was speaking on the third day of the second Indian Student Parliament at MIT College here on Thursday.
Spiritual leaders should play an active role in shaping the young generation, instead of keeping themselves busy with rituals, said spiritual leader and Nobel laureate, the Dalai Lama.
He was speaking on the third day of the second Indian Student Parliament at MIT College here on Thursday.
He said, “Spiritual leaders should come out and talk to the masses. They should tell them what the real meaning of dharma is. Modern education is based on materialism, but we should have spiritually-oriented education. Real transformation should take place in rural education, health, food and agriculture system.”
He added that Indian youth could build a happy and peaceful world with the help of non-violence, adding: “I describe myself as a son of India as I’ve all thoughts from Nalanda and have eaten Indian dal and rice all my life. I always wanted to meet Mahatma Gandhi, but couldn’t meet him personally.”
“I was perhaps 10 years old in 1956 when I first came to India. In the same year I got an opportunity to visit the Indian Parliament. It was quiet then. Today, it is full of noise as if no discipline exists,” the Dalai Lama said.
In the morning session, joint managing director of Kinetic Engineering Ltd, Sulajja Firodia Motwani said that besides intelligent quotient, people should have exposure quotient.
“Corporate social responsibility should be our karma, and everyone from society should come forward for it,” she stressed.
Industrialist Anu Aga said, “Our education strategies are shameful. We are still pressed by problems like malnutrition and the gap between the rich and the poor. We have corruption because we have mismanagement. If we channel our resources, corruption will be reduced.”
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